Update – Works along Old Oak Common Lane – August 2024
Work item: HS2-MW-BBVS-Ph1-OOC-St-S4-CR-47-16/07/2024
Work Item Summary
- Project Phase
- Phase 1
- Region
- Old Oak and North Acton
- Location
- Old Oak, Old Oak Common lane
- Worksite Name
- Old Oak Common
- Contractor
- BBVS JV
- Type of works
- Construction, Ground investigations, Traffic management, Utility works / surveys
- Estimated Start Date
- 01/08/2024
- Estimated End Date
- 02/09/2024
What we are doing
As part of our work to build the new HS2 station in west London, we need to lower Old Oak Common Lane. To allow us to do these works, we may need to close the road for a number of years. However, no decisions regarding road closures or the exact length of time have been made.
We are currently carrying out traffic surveys as well as air quality and noise assessments. This information will inform how we do our work on Old Oak Common Lane.
We will give you an update on our progress by autumn 2024. The community will be notified if any decisions about road closures are made. We recognise that this work will have an impact on the local area, and we will do all that we can to minimise the disruption.
Why are we lowering Old Oak Common Lane?
The HS2 Act has identified the need to provide better connectivity to serve the future Old Oak Common Station and the wider redevelopment of the Old Oak and Park Royal area. Double-decker buses will help to meet this need but, currently, the bridges along Old Oak Common Lane only provide access for single decker buses. We will need to lower the road by up to two meters so that double-decker buses can pass under the railway bridges.
Enabling double-decker buses to pass under the new bridges will help to future proof the bus networks and is part of a parliamentary legal agreement with TfL called an Undertaking and Assurance (U&A).
What are we building?
High Speed Two (HS2) is the new high-speed railway for Britain.
We are building a new HS2 railway station in Old Oak Common. The station is set to be the best connected and largest new railway station ever built in the UK. It will become one of the country’s most vital transport super hubs, providing connections into the heart of London, Heathrow Airport, the West Country, south Wales, the West Midlands, the north of England and Scotland.
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